HLcoasters posted on July 30th, 2018
i made a quick prediction for the second ever big dipper. somehow really interesting and odd layout.
its based on a video with some offride footage the showed at an event.
Good job, that's the official NL2 animation by the way:
Sorry, I'm late, anyone can go. Well, if I don't answer within 1 day, anyone can go.
I think the coaster installing a vertical loop is pretty cool. We don't see many of those now a days on the newer coasters its always a dive loop or Immelmann loop or some kind of new roll. Its kind of refreshing to see a normal vertical loop. The coaster looks like a good addition to the park.
lamewad posted on August 15th, 2018
Too bad it'll have the vest restraints.
^ That is actually a good point about capacity that I hadn't considered... and you are right, a helix over the bystanders looks pretty awesome.
^ I don't think any ride can be as good as Sheikra anymore because of the new restraints. The MCBR on this ride is strictly for capacity sake. That is a lot of time from drop to MCBR, so they need time to let another train make its way up the lift towards the drop to increase capacity.
Obviously the part after the MCBR is unneccassary and possibly a little lame, but it will help with capacity and that helix over the sidewalk is pretty darn cool as well.
No, honestly, I think the post MCBR section could be removed and the ride would be just as thrilling.
These coasters are all about the steep drop's, which you don't get on other ride styles. When we look at the layouts of other drive coasters, there isn't a lot of track between the first drop and the MCBR leading the 2nd drop. This means you maintain enough energy to get a decent sized (and steep) second drop, then after that you can use whatever you have left to do some wacky elements (albeit likely never having enough to do these huge elements such as the vertical loop). So here, you have the big drop (which looks insane), then you spend all that energy in the following inversions and hit the MCBR, at which point you have less to offer.
So, in my opinion, if you want to do those elements, thats fine they look fun, but just end the ride there. Look at the smaller dive coasters which don't attempt the second drop but focus on doing other elements things such as Valkyria. So therefore my view is that this isn't as good a 'dive coaster' as, say, Valravn, Griffon or the Sheikra clones which all have two impressive drops.
Discuss.
This looks like the best Dive by far. Too bad it'll have the vest restraints. I have always wanted to see a vertical loop on a Dive.
I'm surprised that they didn't work that empty patch of grass next to the Vortex pond into the layout. I did not expect the current route at all.
In any case, I'm super pumped about this addition. Looks like it'll be my first dive coaster experience ever, and its a good one.
None of us ever complained as such, it'll be a good ride no doubt, but in the same way something like the Smiler is a reasonable ride, it adds on from previous rides but arguably adds far too much, just a ride to break records rather than just be a good ride
@ AceDFe19 u still wanna place a new guess ?
^ This and a "boring" or "pointless" second half is still better than nothing in my opinion. Personally I think this looks great and I'm sure that the helix after the MCBR will be more forceful than it looks.
Yall complain about things like post MCBR and the "excessive" inversions but fail to recognize that it still does more than literally any other large scale DM. It has a much longer (and more unique) first half and a 2nd half that, while isn't comparable to the first, still does more than most other DM's.
They literally just took the base from any other large Dive and added more to it, there's not much you can complain about.
^^ I agree with you. Plus the section after the MCBR looks rather pointless?
iSatnav posted on August 15th, 2018
I'm divided on this one. You can't go wrong with a B&M dive machine unless it's called oblivion but parts of this just seem amateur, like they're trying to cram as many inversions in as possible. Admittedly they're all executed fairly well but that vertical loop just looks a bit crap
Oblivion is the shit!
I'm divided too. Although we've been wanting more and more from DM for years, I feel like this may be a little too much.
I'm divided on this one. You can't go wrong with a B&M dive machine unless it's called oblivion but parts of this just seem amateur, like they're trying to cram as many inversions in as possible. Admittedly they're all executed fairly well but that vertical loop just looks a bit crap
Still trying to do my first FVD track after moving over from Newton2 (late to the party) does anyone have any tips with getting the track to zero banking/entering a brake run?
Revvin' up your chain lift
Listen to LIM's howlin' roar
Lapbars under tension
Dispatch button touch and go
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